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Bisha

بيشة

A small, well-built town with good houses and a pleasant site, which al-Idrisi describes as having gardens and farms. 1

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Bisha: a small, civilised city with good dwellings and a fine site. al-Idrisi describes it as having a number of farms and orchards. 2

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 146
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.146
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islam.museum contributors. “Bisha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bisha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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